The Chief Medical Officer says a higher uptake of the coronavirus tracing app will relax remaining concerns about consisting of the virus, and provide leaders the ability to be more “strong” in reducing restrictions.
Key points:
- National Cabinet will evaluate alleviating some coronavirus limitations later this week
- About a quarter of grownups with a smart device have downloaded the COVIDSafe App
- The last imposed restrictions are most likely to be the first leaders aim to relieve
Brendan Murphy stated about a quarter of adults with a smartphone had downloaded the COVIDSafe App but he wanted that number increased to give leaders more confidence in relieving coronavirus-imposed limitations.
His comments come ahead of a National Cabinet conference on